The Case for a Truth Commission in Venezuela
Reconciliation cannot be built on forgetting. But it also cannot be built on vengeance.
Reconciliation cannot be built on forgetting. But it also cannot be built on vengeance.
The promises of development never materialized. What did materialize was violence, mercury poisoning, and a militarized economy.
Whether against elPeriódico or Armando.Info, the relentless persecution of investigative reporters shows how corruption is used to protect predatory elites.
Those responsible for protecting his life failed completely and maintained, for months, a silence that defies explanation.
Hospitals still lack basic supplies. Doctors still emigrate. The system is surviving, not recovering.
Chavismo would dismantle its main weapons by releasing all political prisoners and shutting down the sites where they’re held. Let’s see how that goes.